Improvement in beidles



@uitrit tetes @anni @fitte JAMES HARRIS, OF KASAS, ILLINOIS.,`

' Letters Patent No. 63,886, dated April 16, 1867.

" IMPROVEMENT IN BRIDLES.

T O ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES HARRIS, of Kansas, in the county of Edgar, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bridles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and yexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto tbe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention consists in combining Withthe bit of a bridle, whether a single or a double bridle, and at each end ci' the saine, a tube or hollowylinder, through which the ordinary cheek-straps ofthe head-stall pass, and have attached to them at their lower ends, by buckles or other suitable means, a pair of reins in addition to the ordinary driving reins of the harnesswhich are hung to rings of the bit, as iu the common bridles; these supi plementary driving reinsv being provided with a ring or collar, at a suitable point ot" their length, to hold the bit from falling down over them` In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvement'in bridles isillustrated- Figure l being a side view ofthe bridle, with the bit-tube on such side of'the bridle in central vvertical section; and

Figure 2, a View ofthe bit by itself, detached from the bridle. -Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y Y v l l A, in the drawings, represents a bridle of a harness for a horseC the ordinary driving reinshung yto the rings D at each end of theibit E. This bit at each end is provided with a tube or hollowr cylinder, F, through which pass the cheek-straps G of' the ,head-Stalin projecting below the lower ends of such tubes, where, by nneans` of buckles or other suitable fastening devices, a `supplementary or additional set of reins, H, is-secured, I, collars or rings secured to cheek-straps Gbelow the tubes F, the purpose of which is to hold the bit from falling outof the mouth. v i t With the use ofV the'tubes er guides F of the bit, or the cheek-straps in connection with the reins buckled to such stra-ps, it is plainly obvious that by pulling upon such reins the bit will be made to act against the inner end of the horses mouth in such manner as to bring'tbe horse'uuder complete control, if inclined to be vicious,

or tokick, or otherwise endanger the safety of the person riding upon his back, or the person orpersons who,

may be riding in the carriage or vehicle to which such horse is harnessed.

I claim as new, and desire to securel by Letters Patent- The tubes F, secured to the bit E, receiving `the cheek-straps G, having :holding collars I, for the purpose described, substantially as specified.

i JAMES runners,

Witnesses GEORGE BIRCH, HARRY BANE. 

